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COLYMBIAVNIVERSITY 


Columbia  University  offers  the  following  Courses: 


IN  COLUMBIA  COLLEGE  :    A  four-year  course  leading  to  the  degree  of   A.B. 

IN  BARNARD  COLLEGE:    A  four-year  course  for  women  leading  to   A.B. 

IN  THE  SCHOOL  OF  LAW:    A  three-year  course  leading  to   LL.B. 

Also,  in  combination  with  the  Faculty  of  Political  Science,  a  course  leading  to   LL.M. 

IN  THE  SCHOOL  OF  MEDICINE  (College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons) :    A  four-year  course  leading  to     .  M.D. 

IN  THE  SCHOOL  OF  MINES:  A  Four-year  course  in  Mining  Engineering,  leading  to   E.M. 

In  Metallurgy,  to   Met,  E. 

IN  THE  SCHOOL  OF  CHEMISTRY  :  Four-year  courses  in  Analytical,  Industrial,  and  Organic  Chemistry,  each 

leading  to   B.S. 

IN  THE  SCHOOL  OF  ENGINEERING:  Four-year  courses 

In  Civil  and  Sanitary  Engineering,  each  leading  to   C.E. 

In  Electrical  Engineering,  to   E.E. 

In  Mechanical  Engineering,  to   Mech.  E. 

IN  THE  SCHOOL  OF  ARCHITECTURE:  A  four-year  course  leading  to   B.S. 


IN  TEACHERS  COLLEGE:  Four-year  courses  leading  to  the  degree  of  B.S.  Two-year  courses  leading  to  diplomas  in 
Elementary  Teaching,  Kindergarten,  Domestic  Art,  Domestic  Science,  Fine  Arts,  Music,  and  Manual  Training.  Also 
a  two-year  collegiate  course  introductory  to  them.  Graduate  courses  leading  to  the  Secondary  Diploma  and  the  Higher 
Diploma. 

UNDER  VARIOUS  FACULTIES,  chiefly  those  of  Political  Science,  Philosophy,  and  Pure  Science:  Courses  for  graduate 
students  leading  to  M.A.  and  Ph.D. 

IN  THE  SUMMER  SESSION  :  Certain  courses  which  are  accepted  in  partial  fulfilment  of  the  requirements  for  the  various 
degrees  and  diplomas. 

IN  ALL  OF  ITS  DEPARTMENTS  the  University  ofifers,  in  addition  to  the  regular  courses  leading  to  the  various  degrees  and 
diplomas,  special  courses  to  meet  the  needs  of  persons  who  wish  to  make  a  serious  study  of  some  special  branch  of  know- 
ledge.   Admission  to  such  courses  is  subject  to  the  regulations  of  the  several  Faculties. 


View  of  thic  University  from  St.  Luke's  Hospital 


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COLUMBIA  UNIVERSITY* 


Columbia  University  is  an  educational  institution  situated  (with  the  exception  of  the  Medical  School)  on  Morningside 
Heights  in  the  City  of  New  York,  and  having  in  1901,  375  officers  of  instruction  and  3655  resident  students.  Its  grounds  cover  23 
acres  and  contain  22  buildings,  many  of  which  are  shown  in  the  accompanying  illustrations.  Tbey  were  erected  at  a  cost  of  about 
$9,300,000,  and  the  value  of  their  equipment  may  be  approximated  at  $3,350,000.  The  annual  expense  of  the  University  for 
maintenance  is  about  $1,250,000.  The  annual  tuition  fee  for  courses  leading  to  a  degree  in  all  departments  is  $150,  except  in 
the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  and  the  Schools  of  Applied  Science,  where  it  is  $200.  A  matriculation  fee  of  $5.00  and 
an  annual  gymnasium  fee  of  $7.00  are  also  charged.  Information  regarding  the  various  laboratory  fees  and  the  fees  for  exam- 
ination for  the  several  degrees  and  diplomas  will  be  furnished  by  the  Secretary  of  the  University.  The  University  offers  in  all  its 
departments  a  total  of  210  fellowships  and  scholarships  of  an  annual  value  of  over  $63,250,  and  maintains  committees  on  employ- 
ment for  students  and  for  their  appointment  to  remunerative  positions  upon  graduation. 

The  University  Library  is  open  each  week  day  from  8.30  A.M.  until  11  P.M.  (10.00  P.M.  from  July  to  September).  It  contains 
some  310,000  bound  volumes  and  a  large  number  of  pamphlets.  A  reference  library  of  about  10,000  volumes  is  placed  in  the  general 
reading  room  directly  accessible  to  all.  There  are  also  eighteen  special  study  rooms  for  advanced  students  directly  connected  with 
books  relating  especially  to  the  subjects  in  which  such  students  may  be  at  work.  Special  rooms  are  set  apart  for  the  Law  Library 
and  the  Avery  Architectural  Library  (see  page  10).  The  work  of  the  School  of  Law  and  of  the  Schools  of  Philosophy  and 
Political  Science  is  at  present  carried  on  in  the  Library  Building,  and  the  various  administrative  offices  are  also  situated  in  it. 
Earl  Hall,  by  the  terms  of  the  founder's  gift,  is  to  be  the  home  of  all  organizations,  without  regard  to  creed,  seeking  to  advance 
the  ethical  or  spiritual  life  of  the  University.  The  first  floor  has  rooms  for  women,  a  classroom,  a  reception  room,  and  living 
rooms  for  the  Secretary.     The  main  floor  contains  a  large  foyer,  with  beautiful  fireplace  and  stairway ;  the  Secretary's  office, 

*In  the  following  brief  article  no  distinction  has  been  made  between  the  University  proper,  and  Barnard  College  and  Teachers  College,  as  the  latter 
institutions,  although  independent  financial  corporations,  are  integral  parts  of  the  educational  system  of  the  University,  the  President  of  the  University 
being  ex  officio  President  of  each. 


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a  classroom,  a  general  reading  room,  aad  a  small  lecture  room.  The  third  floor  has  a  library,  a  clubroom,  a  classroom,  and  the 
main  auditorium.  It  is  under  the  administrative  control  of  an  Advisory  Committee  appointed  by  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  of  the  City. 

The  Qymnasium  is  situated  in  the  University  Building.  The  general  exercising  room  (see  page  13)  is  apsidal,  35  feet  high,  and 
measures  168  x  134  feet  in  the  clear.  The  raised  running  track  is  ten  laps  to  the  mile.  There  are  separate  rooms  for  fencing, 
boxing,  hand-ball,  rowing,  and  other  sports,  1500  lockers,  and  37  shower  baths.  Every  student  of  the  University  is  entitled  to  a 
physical  examination  by  the  Director  and  to  instruction  in  class  work  in  gymnastics,  boxing,  fencing,  wrestling,  and  swimming. 
The  University  Boat  House  (see  page  12)  is  situated  on  the  Hudson  River  and  is  one  of  the  most  thoroughly  equipped  in  the  country. 


As  at  present  organized,  the  University  comprises  in  all  twelve  schools  and  colleges,  as  follows : 
UNDERGRADUATE  COLLEGES 

Columbia  College,  for  men  (474  students  1900-01 ),  is  the  direct  descendant  of  King's  College,  founded  in  1754.  Its  course  of  four 
years  leads  to  the  degree  of  A.B.  The  system  of  instruction  is  upon  a  broad  elective  principle.  About  twelve  hours  per  week  of 
prescribed  studies  are  required  ;  but  these  may  be  distributed  largely  at  the  pleasure  of  the  student  through  the  whole  four  years. 
The  greatest  advantages  that  come  to  the  College  from  its  connection  with  the  University  are  the  wide  range  of  courses  open 
to  its  students  (about  330  in  all)  and  the  fact  that  a  student  of  the  College  may  so  elect  his  studies  as  to  be  fitted  to  enter  the 
second  year  of  the  schools  of  Law  and  Medicine,  or  the  third  year  of  one  of  the  schools  of  Applied  Science,  upon  the  completion  of 
his  A.B.  course,  a  saving  in  time  of  either  one  or  two  years. 

Barnard  College  for  women,  (293  students  1900-01),  bears  the  same  relation  to  the  educational  system  of  the  University  as  an 
undergraduate  college  for  women  as  does  Columbia  College  for  men.  It  maintains  its  own  staff  of  Professors  and  Instructors, 
whose  work  is  supplemented  by  their  colleagues  in  the  Faculty  of  Columbia  College.  The  requirements  for  admission,  the  quality 
of  instruction,  and  the  standard  of  scholarship  are  of  the  same  grade,  and  its  course  leads  to  the  degree  of  A.B.  The  students 
receive  their  instruction  in  the  main  part,  and  before  many  years  will  receive  it  entirely,  in  the  Barnard  College  buildings  (see  page 
15).  Fiske  Hall,  in  the  Barnard  College  group  of  buildings,  is  a  well-equipped  dormitory  with  accommodations  for  67  women. 
Teachers  College  (see  page  8)  also  offers  four-year  courses,  open  to  both  men  and  women,  and  leading  to  the  degree  of  B.S. 


Note.— The  certificate  of  the  College  Entrance  Examinations  Board  of  the  Middle  States  and  Maryland  will  admit  students 
to  any  of  the  Undergraduate  Colleges  of  the  University. 


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NON-PROFESSIONAL  GRADUATE  SCHOOLS 


The  Schools  of  Political  Science,  Philosophy,  and  Pure  Science  comprise  what  is  usually  designated  at  American  Universities 
as  the  Graduate  School.  This  division  into  schools  neither  controls  nor  limits  the  student  in  electing  under  these,  or  any  of  the 
professional  faculties,  courses  that  may  be  counted  toward  the  degrees  of  Master  of  Arts  and  Doctor  of  Philosophy.  Advanced 
courses  and  opportunities  for  research  are  offered  in  philosophy  and  education,  psychology  and  anthropolgy,  ancient  and  modern 
languages  and  literatures,  political  and  social  science,  including  history,  economics,  and  public  law,  and  the  mathematical  and 
natural  sciences.  These  schools  offer  more  than  400  courses,  about  four-fifths  of  which  are  open  to  women  upon  the  same  terms  as 
to  men.  A  competent  student  holding  a  first  degree  from  any  recognized  institution  can  usually  complete  the  requirements  for  the 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts  during  one  year  of  residence  in  these  schools,  or  during  the  period  of  his  residence  as  a  professional 
student.  The  minimum  period  of  residence  for  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy  is  two  years,  but  the  degree  is  almost  never 
awarded  until  after  three  years  or  more.  Apart  from  the  advantages  which  accrue  from  the  thorough  equipment  of  these  schools, 
and  from  their  co-operation  with  the  professional  schools  of  the  University  in  the  fields  of  education,  biology,  and  the  like, 
the  opportunities  which  come  to  advanced  students  from  the  location  of  Columbia  in  New  York  City  and  from  her  close  relation 
with  the  various  public  and  private  institutions  in  the  city— museums,  libraries,  botanical  and  zoological  gardens,  theological  sem- 
inaries, organized  charities,  and  the  like— cannot  be  overestimated,  and  are  doubtless  reflected  in  the  fact  that  for  the  current  year 
the  University  has  an  enrolment  of  412  non-professional  graduate  students 

PROFESSIONAL  SCHOOLS 

The  School  of  Law  (422  students  1900-01)  was  established  in  1858.  It  offers  a  course  of  three  years  in  the  principles  and 
practice  of  private  and  public  law,  leading  to  the  degree  of  LL.B.  Until  1903  the  minimum  requirement  for  admission  will  be  the 
Academic  Diploma  of  the  Regents  of  the  State  of  New  York,  or  its  equivalent,  but  from  then  on  none  but  graduates  of  colleges 
and  scientific  schools  in  good  standing,  or  persons  presenting  satisfactory  evidence  of  equivalent  training,  will  be  admitted  to  the 
School.  Upon  application,  the  Secretary  of  the  University  will  send,  postpaid,  a  reprint  of  an  article  entitled  "  The  Columbia 
Law  School  of  To-Day,"  which  outlines  the  policy  of  the  school,  and  which  should  be  of  interest  to  intending  students  of  law. 
The  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  (775  students  1900-01)  is  situated  at  Tenth  Avenue  and  Fifty-Ninth  Street,  opposite 
the  Roosevelt  Hospital.  The  course  is  four  years.  The  minimum  requirement  for  admission  is  the  Medical  Student's  Certificate 
of  the  Regents  of  the  State  of  New  York.  The  most  important  features  of  its  educational  work  are  the  foundation  courses  in  the 
natural  sciences  given  by  the  Professors  of  the  University,  the  system  of  practical  courses  in  the  different  laboratories,  the 
individual  training  of  the  students  by  recitations,  and  the  fact  that  clinical  advantages  are  given  for  dispensary  and  bedside 
instruction  to  small  sections.    The  entire  floor  space  of  the  buildings  is  240,000  square  feet.    In  the  College  building  proper  (see 


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page  14)  are  the  osteological  collections,  the  Museum  of  Human  and  Comparative  Morphology,  the  Laboratory  for  Morphological 
Research,  and  a  Dissecting  Room  accommodating  four  hundred  students.  In  the  Vanderbilt  Clinic  Building  are  the  Depart- 
ments of  Pathology,  Bacteriology  and  Hygiene,  Clinical  Pathology,  Normal  Histology,  and  Photography,  and  a  dispensary  for 
extended  clinical  instruction  in  the  various  departments  of  Medicine  and  Surgery,  where  48,000  cases  are  treated  annually.  In  the 
Sloane  Maternity  Hospital,  which  is  under  the  direction  of  the  Professor  of  Obstetrics,  the  number  of  deliveries  averages  over 
1200  a  year.  As  most  of  the  professors  and  their  assistants  hold  positions  on  the  medical  and  surgical  staffs  of  some  one  of  the 
large  general  hospitals  of  the  city,  and  hold  clinics  there,  the  resources  for  bedside  and  operative  instruction  to  the  students 
are  very  great. 

The  Schools  of  Mines,  Chemistry,  Engineering:,  and  Architecture  (539  students  1900-01),  which  are  governed  by  the  Faculty 
of  Applied  Science,  offer  courses  of  study,  each  of  four  years,  leading  to  appropriate  professional  degrees  in  mining  engineering, 
metallurgy,  chemistry  (industrial,  analytical,  and  organic),  civil,  sanitary,  electrical,  and  mechanical  engineering,  and  architecture. 
Beside  the  work  leading  to  these  degrees,  advanced  courses  involving  investigation  are  offered  to  candidates  for  the  A.M.  and 
Ph.D.  There  are  55  laboratories  and  draughting-rooms  for  the  use  of  students  in  the  Engineering  Building  and  in  Havemeyer, 
Schermerhorn,  and  Fayerweather  Halls,  with  a  total  floor  space  of  98,000  square  feet.  The  value  of  the  apparatus  with  which 
they  are  equipped  is  perhaps  $250,000.  The  large  chemical,  metallurgical,  electrical,  and  other  industries  situated  in  New  York 
or  its  immediate  vicinity  are  of  great  value  to  the  students,  as  they  are  enabled  to  visit  these  buildings  and  study  the  operation 
of  the  industries  at  first  hand.  Special  provision  is  made  in  all  of  the  courses  for  visiting  these  works,  and  also  for  practical 
work  in  surveying,  mining,  and  the  like,  during  the  summer  months.  In  general,  the  graduates  of  the  schools  find  little 
difficulty  in  obtaining  remunerative  and  congenial  employment. 

Teachers  College  (528  students  1900-01)  affords  opportunity,  both  theoretical  and  practical,  for  the  training  of  teachers  and 
administrative  officers  for  elementary,  secondary,  and  normal  schools.  It  is  open  to  both  men  and  women.  It  offers  46  courses  in 
Education,  and  28  on  the  Theory  and  Practice  of  Teaching,  covering  42  subjects  of  study,  and  68  supplementary  courses. 
Qualified  students  may  also  pursue  courses  under  the  other  faculties  of  the  University.  It  is  possible  for  students  registering 
primarily  as  candidates  for  the  A.B.,  A.M.,  or  Ph.D.,  to  select  courses  that  shall  at  the  same  time  be  counted  toward  one  of  the 
Teachers  College  diplomas  ;  and  similarly,  candidates  for  the  diplomas  may  obtain  credit  toward  one  of  the  non-professional 
degrees.  The  College  maintains  two  schools  for  observation  and  practice, — the  Horace  Mann  School  with  639  pupils,  for  which 
a  building  was  erected  in  1900  at  a  cost  of  $500,000,  and  the  experimental  school,  63  pupils.  The  courses  of  study  in  Teachers 
College  are  outlined  on  the  second  page  of  the  cover  of  this  pamphlet.  A  thoroughly  equipped  dormitory  with  accommodation  for 
about  400  women  is  now  being  erected  in  connection  with  Teachers  College. 


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Interior  ok  Gymnasium 


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THE  KNJCKERBOCKER  PRESS,  NEW  YORK 


The  Secretary  of  Columbia  University  invites  correspondence 
regarding  any  matters  upon  which  readers  of  this  pamphlet  may 
wish  more  detailed  information,  and  will  be  glad  to  send  without 
charge  Bulletins  of  Information  describing  any  of  the  courses  sum- 
marized on  the  second  page  of  the  cover ;  and  also  a  special  Bul- 
letin giving  information  regarding  all  entrance  examinations.  The 
complete  catalogue  of  the  University,  issued  in  December  of  each 
year,  is  sold  at  twenty-five  cents. 


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